2011
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Readers Report: Running Away
A collection of short pieces written by Rumpus readers pertaining to the subject of “Running Away.”
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Erin Rose’s Tech Links
If you want to pay an exorbitant price for an unlocked iPhone in the US, you now can. Imagine downloading a full-length movie in 2 seconds: A cable manufacturer is demo-ing cables that have download speeds of 4.5 *gigabytes* per…
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5 for Print
Wired has 5 reasons why E-books cannot replace print. Besides the tech-related qualms (like books being divided by app, not allowing readers to see all their books in one place), problems like “an unfinished e-book isn’t a constant reminder to…
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Blume on Censorship
Judy Blume is a rebel. The pulses of censorship in the 1980s targeted her children’s books. With the most recent onslaught of young adult literature talk, there has been more and more to add to the censorship dialogue. Blume has…
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Summer Reading Fun
Want to be on the same literary wavelength as a Pulitzer prize winning author this summer? Consciously planning your summer reading synchronicity with Jeffrey Eugenides is fun. So is hiking in the Alps, but there are more barriers to accomplishing…
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Sorkin and Carr Discuss the News
Director Aaron Sorkin’s conversation with NY Times columnist (and intrepid memoirist) David Carr for Interview Magazine delves into the territory of addiction, journalistic journeys and the state of news media. He uncovers much about the state of journalism in these…
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FUNNY WOMEN #55: Facebook Giveth and It Taketh Away
I have so many friends. So many! 379, to be exact, although the number keeps fluctuating up and down by 1. Someone, or more than one someones, must be defriending me and then refriending me every few days.
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Choosing Words Carefully
The Millions posted an essay on the eternal writer’s dilemma to craft the perfect book and the elusive nature of perfectionism. For writers, readers or anybody with compulsive tendencies, choosing to dedicate time to a book is a difficult decision.…
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More Spears Style Appreciation
Another shout-out to Rumpus’ poetry editor Brian Spears for his post “A Note to My Fellow White Males,” appeared today on Slate. The editor of Lez Get Real, a site with “A Gay Girls’ View on the World,” was revealed…
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Animals in Midlife Crises
ANIMALS IN MIDLIFE CRISES: Hyenas (part 1 of 3) Another fantastic Rumpus Comic from Lincoln Michel and John Dermot Woods.
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Down from Cascom Mountain
Ann Joslin Williams’ first novel, Down from Cascom Mountain, follows troubled young people in an idyllic lodge in New Hampshire for one summer.
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Literary Feudin’
Writers can throw around some contentious words, and sometimes these words erupt in a literary feud. Christopher Hitchens, a mastermind literary feudist himself, discusses the history of literary quarrelling, and the modern resources (like Twitter) that have refined the art…